Higgins v. Higgins
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San. Diego County. J. W. Hughes, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BRITT, C.
Defendant H. M. Higgins and the plaintiff, Emily J. Higgins, husband and wife, entered into a contract in writing of.date April 9, 1891, whereby they agreed, among other things stipulated, to live apart, and the husband agreed to pay the wife the sum of six hundred dollars per year during her life; such contract contained the following clause: “The payment of said annuity to be a binding and continuing obligation upon the said H. M. Higgins and upon his executors, administrators, and assigns, and to constitute a lien upon his estate during his lifetime, and after his death during the…
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